2017 AFL Women's best and fairest


The 2017 AFL Women's best and fairest was the first year the award was presented to the player adjudged the best and fairest player during the AFL Women's home-and-away season. Erin Phillips of the Adelaide Football Club won the award with 14 votes.

Leading votegetters


PlacingPlayerVotes
1stErin Phillips 14
=2ndEllie Blackburn 10
=2ndKaren Paxman 10
4thLara Filocamo 9
5thKaitlyn Ashmore 8
=6thJessica Dal Pos 7
=6thEmma Kearney 7
=6thElise O'Dea 7
=6thDaisy Pearce 7
=6thDarcy Vescio 7

Voting procedure

The three field umpires confer after each match and award three votes, two votes and one vote to the players they regard as the best, second-best and third-best in the match, respectively. The votes are kept secret until the awards night, and are read and tallied on the evening.
The winner of the 2017 AFL Women's best and fairest was Erin Phillips, receiving 14 votes to win the inaugural award.